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Much to our personal joy, it was TV theme song week on Dancing with the Stars last night. And while we dreamed of a cha cha to José Feliciano’s Chico and the Man tune, we were satisfied with Kyle and Lacey’s adorable foxtrot to the Charlie’s Angels
opener.
We enjoyed Jennifer and Derek’s dance to the Married with Children
tune but since “Love
and Marriage” is an old standard it seemed a tiny bit of a stretch. But, of
course, we were thrilled when Florence and Corky danced to, what else? The
theme from The Brady Bunch
.
tune but since “Love
and Marriage” is an old standard it seemed a tiny bit of a stretch. But, of
course, we were thrilled when Florence and Corky danced to, what else? The
theme from The Brady Bunch.
To sweeten the retro pot, Flo’s old co-star and TV son Barry Williams stopped by rehearsals to lend some moral support. And then, with her
hair styled in the perfect Carol Brady flip, she ripped off her plaid house
coat and tripped the light fantastic with her partner.
Carrie Ann loved her elegant tango, while Bruno was a bit
more critical. But when Florence reminded him, “You try doing the tango to the Brady Bunch theme.” Bruno simply
replied, “Touché.”
We had our own brush with Brady greatness this week when we
chatted with Susan Olsen who played Cindy at the Hollywood Xpo. Naturally, the conversation turned
to her TV mom’s current gig on the dancing show.
Susan was in the audience with Flo’s daughter Barbara recently and explained, “She and I just turned into worry warts.” After all, as easy as it is to compare Henderson to her Dancing co-stars, people often forget that she’s the oldest competitor by far, Susan reminded us, “Jennifer Grey’s only 50. I mean, jeez, 76 years old. If Corky drops her on one of those dips, she could break a hip.”
Susan was in the audience the night of Sarah Palin’s much-debated
visit. And when we asked her about the now legendary audience-eruption, she
clarified, “Everybody on my Facebook page was going, ‘Why were people booing
Sarah?’ I’m like, ‘Nobody would have done that. She was there as a mother. She
wasn’t there as a politician.’”
Besides, we all know who the real star in the crowd was that
night. Susan told us, “Some journalist who I wanted to write to and say, ‘I
love you,’ they said, ‘Oh, to heck with Sarah Palin. Did you see Susan Oleson
was in the audience?’”
And of course, we had to ask the obvious question—would
Susan do DWTS if they asked her to?
“I would, only because they throw buckets of money at you,” she joked adding, “I
really would… It’s such an adventure and you get in shape. It’s so grueling. I
would want to accept that kind of a challenge. It would be sort of life
changing.”
We had an idea that we thought might benefit Oleson and her
whole TV family—what about an all Brady season of DWTS? She was one step ahead of us revealing, “I suggested that one
year.” But since producers didn’t seem to bite at that one, we added a
twist—Bradys vs. Partridges. But who would win?
Susan didn’t hesitate to wager, “We would definitely wipe
the floor with them… We beat the Waltons in celebrity bowling. We’re a force to
be reckoned with.”
See photos of the Xpo in our Facebook album.
See photos of the Xpo in our Facebook album.
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